An Introduction to Family Therapy SYSTEMIC THEORY AND PRACTICE Third edition Rudi Dallos and Ros Draper a im BHI Open University Press1 The first phase - 1950s to mid-1970s Cultural iandseapeIntuential people and ideas. Seeds of systemic and family therapy te development af gldance sptems for trstng meses nd rockets A ey ton These eal das developed along tw cated but dfn pathways, Th Ue The systemic view of problems was Ubertung not only fr memes es Who were displaying the roblems bu alto forthe therpsto the prac of fami therapy promised llr upper and ree! 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